The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the United Nations and other International Organizations was first established in 1984, and it serves as an important bridge between the European headquarter of the United Nations, other International Organizations and Afghanistan .
Since 1985, Afghanistan had six Permanent
Representatives in Geneva.The first Permanent Representative of Afghanistan was H.E. Dr. M. Akbar Kherad, followed by H.E. Mohammad Nabi Amani , H.E. Dr. Sher Ahmad Nasri (Haqshinas ), H.E. Homayon Tandar
(Chargé d'Affaires), H.E. Dr Shamsuzzakir Kazemi and H.E. Dr. Assad Omar.
In January of 2007, H.E. Dr. Nanguyalai Tarzi presented his Letter of Credential as the new Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva to Mr. Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. He is the seventh permanent representative to the United Nations and the first resident Afghan Ambassador to Switzerland, signaling a new era of diplomatic ties since 1928.
H.E. Dr. Nanguyalai Tarzi has enjoyed a long and successful career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan and he was appointed Afghanistan 's Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary
to Pakistan from 2001 to Dec. 2006.
Dr. Nanguyalai Tarzi studied in
Sorbonne-Paris University, where he obtained a Ph.D. degree in the field of
International Law. He has also worked in many International Organizations.
In December 2006, Dr. Nanguyalai Tarzi received an appreciation award for his outstanding contributions to Afghanistan from H.E. President Hamid Karzai.
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The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan to Switzerland
Bilateral Relations
The Government of Afghanistan first established diplomatic relations with the Government of Switzerland in 1928 .The two governments concluded a treaty of friendship and regulated rights of settlement and residence. However, political and economic relations in the following decades remained low-key. By contrast, the foundation of the Bibliotheca Afghanica in Liestal (BL) in 1975 testifies to a strong interest in Afghan culture.
Until 1979, both countries maintained mutually cordial and friendly relations, in 1928 His Majesty King Amanullah Khan, the reformist monarch of Afghanistan had paid an official visit to Switzerland .
H.M. King Amanullah Khan & H.E.M.Schultess, President of the Swiss Confederation
1928 Bern, Switzerland
When Soviet troops marched into Afghanistan in 1979, the Federal Council expressed its concern. By now Switzerland had also established diplomatic relations with the former Soviet Union . At the same time it supported the work of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for war victims. Even when the Taliban came to power, Switzerland did not sever diplomatic relations with the new government. However, Switzerland played a crucial role when International Peace Talks on Afghanistan were organized by the United Nations among the government of Dr. Najibullah, the Mujahideen, the US and the USSR and Pakistan .
In 2000 it also adopted the United Nations sanctions against the Taliban government but continued to finance humanitarian projects to alleviate the distress of the population.
In 2001, the Taliban government fell and Switzerland immediately increased its humanitarian commitment. In 2002 the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation opened a coordination office in Kabul . The Federal Council also decided that Swiss troops would participate in the UN mandated
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for
Afghanistan.
H.E. Dr. Nanguyalai
Tarzi, presented his letters of Credence to H.E. Micheline Calmy-Rey, President of the Swiss Confederation accrediting him as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Switzerland
